Example sentences of "as i [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er actually , er much as I hate to admit it , I think you could be right . |
| 2 | Well , I do not fish for medals , I fish for pleasure , and while my mates like to net my fish as I like to net theirs , I care very little about petty-minded , selfish ‘ rules ’ . |
| 3 | Drawing in charcoal is more like painting where as I like to encourage precise , analytical draughtsmanship which is best executed in pencil . ’ |
| 4 | Much as I like to believe a man can have sex with any woman and enjoy it , it just does n't stand the test . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nothing happened and as I like to race every weekend I signed up for a meeting in France on June 13 ’ , he said . |
| 6 | ‘ With Joan Armatrading , we did 2–3000 seaters , and that just worked fantastically , especially as I like to communicate with the audience , and people these days are n't used to that . |
| 7 | As soon as I get to sleep , I dream I 'm at the bottom of the sea . ’ |
| 8 | I tend to keep a tight rein at first , and gradually relax as I get to know them . |
| 9 | I am sorry that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) appears about to leave the Chamber , as I intend to refer to him . |
| 10 | I fear that I may not be able to take part in the debate as I intend to cause trouble for the Government over Oxleas wood , which is in my constituency and that of the hon. Member for Woolwich ( Mr. Cartwright ) , but I hope that my hon. Friend will regard my support as being with him throughout the debate . |
| 11 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 12 | Having been to confession and passed through ‘ the wall of fire ’ , Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope , ‘ the suggestion about an orgy of egoism turns out , like all the Enemy propaganda , to have just a grain of truth in it , but I have no doubt that the proper method of dealing with that is as I intend to do , to continue the practice . |
| 13 | By spending more resources on this matter , as I intend to do , having tripled our programme in the past 10 years , I believe that we shall make still further progress , with the help of education , too . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no need to share anything , as I intend to sleep by the fire , ’ she declared firmly , and punctuated her decision by draining her mug and setting it aside . |
| 15 | ‘ Please send me by return the length of the holes at St Andrews as I intend to lay out a course on the common next weekend , ’ wrote another . |
| 16 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
| 17 | I like to take care of my staff , just as I intend to take care of my wife — if the one I love will marry me . ’ |
| 18 | And now suddenly just as soon as I come to form twos they 've taken that away . |
| 19 | Punishments — or penalties , as I prefer to call them , because of the association of the word ‘ punishment ’ with physical retribution — show the child what he or she should n't do . |
| 20 | Secondly , adult education as a whole — or continuing education , as I prefer to call it — has an important role . |
| 21 | ‘ The lad , as you call him , ’ she said , still reading , ‘ or the Mad Irish Git as I prefer to call him , is in my flat nursing a Full Metal Hangover . |
| 22 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
| 23 | As for being concerned that we shall lose fees if auditing is abolished for small or , as I prefer to think of them , proprietary companies , the opposite is the case . |
| 24 | I HAVE recently had an electric card meter installed in my one bedroom flat , as I prefer to pay as I use knowing how unwelcome bills can be . |
| 25 | I must add here that I do not use any ready-made greens as I prefer to mix my own colours : azo yellow light , cadmium yellow medium , and titanium white mixed with my blues for this , with the addition of burnt sienna , yellow ochre and Vandyke brown for the earth colours . |
| 26 | We also need status in our own eyes , as well as in the eyes of others ; status , as I wish to use it here , includes self-esteem as well as reputation . |
| 27 | There are some very pertinent reasons why this memory has remained with me , as I wish to explain . |
| 28 | So one starts from the position that that is the contractual position but not , as I venture to think , binding on the court . |
| 29 | Help me to know a new start and a new strength as I seek to repair the wrong I 've done . |
| 30 | As I rise to speak to the House on this important matter , I am conscious that it is a complex and difficult subject . |